What is Collaborative Learning? (by Barbara Leight Smith and Jean T. MacGregor)
"Collaborative learning” is an approach used by some teachers to brakethat regular “teacher-student” type of class into something more interactive class, where students work in groups of 2 or more and mutually look for answers through discussing, searching, understanding. Good opening/thesis statement!
Assumptions about Learning
Learning is an active, constructive process: to learn something, students must actively add the material they receive to what they already know. Through collaborative learning, this process not just add new information to what is already known by the students, but also help them to create something knew through those new information and ideas that were just added.
Learning depends on rich contexts: collaborative learning put students in a context where they have to face problems first and look for/rely on facts and ideas to solve these problems and support their answers.
Learners are diverse:each student is different, and this difference between them can add new points of view and perspectives to the others. Through collaborative learning they can share these perspectives and come to greater ideas and understanding.
Learning is inherently social: collaborative work is mainly a social activity, where students are able to share and discuss things to overcome a problem, coming “to a better understanding on the part of the students, and to the creation of new understandings for all of us” (p. 2).
Goals for Education
Involvement: students are invited to involve with each other, with the subject that’s being studied. It helps the students to build connections to the environment around them (other students, learning, their courses and faculties).
Cooperation and teamwork: this helps students on recognizing and the differences and work with them on the encounters that they will have during their lives. The improvement on this ability is reflected in their outside lives.
Civic Responsibility: through collaborative learning, students are encourage to participate, dialogue and hear theothers opinions. They get more sensitive in helping and hearing to the community.
Collaborative learning techniques can be applied in a wholedifferent environments both in-class and out-class. As a result of the using of this technique we have something called “cooperative learning”, which is the result achieved through discussions in groups working together to maximize the result of the learning.
Good summary, Pedro! Make sure you try to look at the article as a whole (what are the main ideas?), and avoid getting lost in defining specific details. Your writing overall is very good, just remember to write as clearly as possible and simplify your sentences when you can. Also, as I mentioned in my comment, see if you can try to write your summary in more of a paragraph style and avoid using headings and bullet points. Great start! - Kimi
"Collaborative learning” is an approach used by some teachers to brake that regular “teacher-student” type of class into something more interactive class, where students work in groups of 2 or more and mutually look for answers through discussing, searching, understanding. Good opening/thesis statement!
Assumptions about Learning
Learning is an active, constructive process: to learn something, students must actively add the material they receive to what they already know. Through collaborative learning, this process not just add new information to what is already known by the students, but also help them to create something knew through those new information and ideas that were just added.
Learning depends on rich contexts: collaborative learning put students in a context where they have to face problems first and look for/rely on facts and ideas to solve these problems and support their answers.
Learners are diverse: each student is different, and this difference between them can add new points of view and perspectives to the others. Through collaborative learning they can share these perspectives and come to greater ideas and understanding.
Learning is inherently social: collaborative work is mainly a social activity, where students are able to share and discuss things to overcome a problem, coming “to a better understanding on the part of the students, and to the creation of new understandings for all of us” (p. 2).
Goals for Education
Involvement: students are invited to involve with each other, with the subject that’s being studied. It helps the students to build connections to the environment around them (other students, learning, their courses and faculties).
Cooperation and teamwork: this helps students on recognizing and the differences and work with them on the encounters that they will have during their lives. The improvement on this ability is reflected in their outside lives.
Civic Responsibility: through collaborative learning, students are encourage to participate, dialogue and hear the others opinions. They get more sensitive in helping and hearing to the community.
Collaborative learning techniques can be applied in a whole different environments both in-class and out-class. As a result of the using of this technique we have something called “cooperative learning”, which is the result achieved through discussions in groups working together to maximize the result of the learning.
Good summary, Pedro! Make sure you try to look at the article as a whole (what are the main ideas?), and avoid getting lost in defining specific details. Your writing overall is very good, just remember to write as clearly as possible and simplify your sentences when you can. Also, as I mentioned in my comment, see if you can try to write your summary in more of a paragraph style and avoid using headings and bullet points. Great start! - Kimi